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MineralMan

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54. Well, I'm back from my gas and cigarette run.

Thu Apr 30, 2020, 12:14 PM

Apr 2020

Traffic is still very light here in the northeastern corner of St. Paul, MN. However going home, I saw a funeral procession traveling the opposite way. I didn't know they were having actual funerals here, but I counted about 25 cars full of mourners. Not a good thing.

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Trump is trying to sell the story that the pandemic is all but over. [View all] MineralMan Apr 2020 OP

Excess Deaths show there is under-counting. Esp Florida where it is state policy to undercount. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #1

There will be much under-counting in this epidemic. MineralMan Apr 2020 #4

+1 pandr32 Apr 2020 #62

The FL governor is working hard to catch up with NYC. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2020 #5

Florida and Texas are obviously full of bullshit. Magoo48 Apr 2020 #50

These drinks of bleach on the rocks are great! RKP5637 Apr 2020 #2

Last step... Takket Apr 2020 #3

Lemon scented or new Berry Blast flavor? Initech Apr 2020 #8

I'll try the new Berry Blast flavor, please! Sounds good! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2020 #12

Breaking: Connoisseur's Orange-Tangerine edition denem Apr 2020 #32

Now that, looks really really good! And promoted by the Orange Man! Who could go wrong! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2020 #35

But wait there's more. The $2,800 vintage comes complete denem Apr 2020 #41

Does that come in a double-wide, for the Orange One himself? lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #51

Laughed at that one. EarnestPutz Apr 2020 #53

I prefer the texture of the Splash-less variety. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #46

Yeah, I like the kick ethanol gives you!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2020 #49

Yup, the episode is over and it's on to next week's wacky adventure! Initech Apr 2020 #6

Problem is that it's not over at all. Trump can't make it so. MineralMan Apr 2020 #10

The September second wave will seal his fate. LuckyLib Apr 2020 #65

That is SO going to come back and bite him Maeve Apr 2020 #7

Exactly. MineralMan Apr 2020 #11

Oh, yeah, at 1,000, 1,500, 2,000 deaths per day, that'll work . . . hatrack Apr 2020 #9

Soon, he'll probably try a major distracting action. MineralMan Apr 2020 #13

Tee-Vee War - a timeless American classic! hatrack Apr 2020 #15

Could be this is it: Mariana Apr 2020 #64

That dog won't hunt SoonerPride Apr 2020 #14

some things cant be spun. mopinko Apr 2020 #16

Somehow, it was spun maxrandb Apr 2020 #20

You're right. MineralMan Apr 2020 #18

I agree. Solly Mack Apr 2020 #17

Yes. He's using Kushner as his lead man on this. MineralMan Apr 2020 #22

The people who will really believe that are beyond redemption. Brother Mythos Apr 2020 #19

And the governors follow him like so many lemmings world wide wally Apr 2020 #21

Some of them, anyway. MineralMan Apr 2020 #23

Straight out of Corporate PR Crisis Management: Deny, deflect, distract, disavow bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #24

Straight out of old-school PR Crisis Management, anyhow. MineralMan Apr 2020 #26

Trump cannot sell SH*T. Stuart G Apr 2020 #25

I tend to agree with you. MineralMan Apr 2020 #27

Yep, and not fooled Apr 2020 #58

And the second wave will be fake news? IronLionZion Apr 2020 #28

Well, it will be called fake news, no doubt. MineralMan Apr 2020 #30

I say we follow the example of the people in Italy. They were hit hard with deaths and are now c-rational Apr 2020 #29

The USA is a big, unwieldy nation. MineralMan Apr 2020 #31

In states with Republican governors NewJeffCT Apr 2020 #33

I don't think stories related to this can be effectively suppressed. MineralMan Apr 2020 #34

They've been ordering that cause of death NewJeffCT Apr 2020 #59

Yup Johnny2X2X Apr 2020 #36

Exactly. It won't work, though, in Trump's favor. MineralMan Apr 2020 #39

I know of over 61,000 plus their families and friends who might beg to differ w/Donnie Two Scoops. marble falls Apr 2020 #37

Yes, and there will be many more to come. MineralMan Apr 2020 #38

That's the sad truth of it. I can hear traffic again from the main road and its not a good sign. marble falls Apr 2020 #40

Yes. I'm noticing more traffic on local roads. MineralMan Apr 2020 #42

Kinda looks like the model for the period just before second wave of the Great Flu Pandemic ... marble falls Apr 2020 #47

Well, I'm back from my gas and cigarette run. MineralMan Apr 2020 #54

And also probably not for the guest of honor at the funeral, either, but for different reasons. marble falls Apr 2020 #60

April 2nd, a little over 5,000 deaths in US due to CV-19. April 30th: 61,000+ dead. iluvtennis Apr 2020 #43

Yes, and it's going to keep rising. MineralMan Apr 2020 #55

People will also still know people getting sick and dying Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2020 #44

he thinks because the number of deaths in NY is coming down that it's all better now Marrah_Goodman Apr 2020 #45

I keep hearing sirens Skittles Apr 2020 #48

There have been three paramedic trucks with fire trucks MineralMan Apr 2020 #56

GOP silence and complicity tells me that they see a way through all of this. Russia, wiggs Apr 2020 #52

In another couple weeks, gab13by13 Apr 2020 #57

The Fed Ordered 100K Body Bags McKim Apr 2020 #61

It's just disgusting that the Feds can order body bags, but not PPE and swabs for testing. iluvtennis Apr 2020 #66

Let's not forget the powerful wealthy that are benefiting BarbD Apr 2020 #63